Ending Childhood Poverty In America Summary

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Marian Wright Edelman article titled Ending Childhood Poverty in America briefly describes young boy who always has little sister by his side except for when it’s time for him to go eat meals that was part of the summer food program at a school near his Ohio home. The summer food program which provides meals to children who would otherwise would go hungry. It’s an excellent program but unfortunately the boy’s little sister is to young to be a part of the program. After eating a meal one day the boy decided to look around the trash cans for food that’s been thrown away. The Food Supervisor in Marion noticed the boy looking through the trash and asked him what he’s doing, and the boy explained “She’s hungry”. Bringing her leftover food was